DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) A TE KOI hi i f I I-.M----WJ-lAKATAXK. Aug. 21lit connection with the filming ot the life of To Kooti a thrilling reproduction of defence of .Mill J arm was enacted yesterday tinder ideal nnalitions on the actual location. H Mildreds witnessed the spectacle Iroai the hills. Local .Maori prophets of a certain , .Maori sort had previously foretold that there would be a storm as a Divine protest, against I lie filming. SERIES OE SEX DA I. CHARGES. ELTIIAM, Aug. 25. At the Court to-day, Albert Morgan Cnnwav. of llm.era. pleaded not guilty to four charges of attempted indecent assault on males, ai'so to two charges of indecent assault on males, and to a charge of attempted suicide. The names of the parties concerned wore ordered to lie suppressed, and the Court was (cleared. The defence was re-

served. and accu.-.ed was committed to the New Plymouth Supreme Court for trial on November 22nd, bail being refused.

A SENCAL OFFENDER. INVERCARGILL. Aug. 25. At the Supreme Court, before .Mr Justice Sim, Waller Gelds, aged >lO years, a married man. was convicted ol attempted carnal knowledge of young girls. Me was ordered detention for reformative purposes for three years. FATAL SCALDING. AUCKL \ Xl>. Aug. 2.'>. The death occurred in the Auckland Hospital 10-dav of the infant son of Mr and Mrs J . R. Allen, of 29. Brnekeu Avenue, Epsom. who was necidculally .seafiled in a hath on Vodm <- day. The child had h'v-u placed tn the bath, and the water had been turned on in ignorance of the Let that the hot water n-lein. which had been defective had been repaired the previous evening. NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS. WELI.I'XGTON. Aug. 25. 'Hie Xew Zealand Society ot Accountants decided to-night that 1 h-' matriculation examination '. ill repine- 1 the present ; wen uu I'Mils’ nrclimiuaii examination, as from the end ot i.t-U. The following were clouted to the Council > M—o-s C. ’ ‘ ! (Olag.iL H. C‘. Robinson (Am hie mil. E. J. IL.rvcx (Marlborough. XeLnn am! West hit id). W 7 D. Revel I (Soidh Canterbury t. •). I'■ Gr'lnn ami I>. Davis (WellingloiD ; auditor. Mr E. W .A. Lei low. FARMER INHERE!' DEXEDIX. Aug. Jo. Robert George Alois. a la rater of Miller's Flat, was pinned beneath an overturned dray yesterday. He tints admitted to the In -MM to-day v.ith severe injuries to the head and hh,. . his condition being serious. cio.not* theft charge. WELLINGTON. Attg. 20. Mr Page. S.M., granted an extradition order to-day against Joseph Foster. who is required in England to law (he charges in connection with Hie a--lum-d VIO.OOO train robbery, in who li Foster" is alleged to have been the perpetrator of I lie theft of a mat! bag. <'>' the receiver.

Foster, who is Ihe son ol a who was stationed for some years at Hamilton and AYaihi. came to the Dominion from England last Alarm, and was arrested at Hamilton by a constable, who recognised him. having known him as a hoy. Mr AY i I ford, for Ihe accused, mul the charges, of which there are eight. ar( . not admitted, and 'used says that he will he able to clear himself.

KAIAEAI FITTS BACK. WELLINGTON, Aug. 25. The steamer. Kaimai. wliir-ls sailed at ELI p.m.. to-dav for Grcymnuth. put bade this oven ins o'iwieh stress of weather. TRIAL FOR PERJURY. SECOND JURY DISAGREE. TNVECARGfLL. Aug, ?5. At the Supreme Court. George Scstudrett. Senior Sergeant of Ponce. appenrecl on a charge of perjury. The previous day the jury disagreed, and a fresh trial was ordered. The jury again failed to agree. A re-trial yns ordered for next session ni the Supreme Court. PRIME MINISTER'S TRIBUTE. WELLINGTON, Aug. 25. The Prime Minister, who was deeply touched at the death of his colleague, in an interview with the “Pe.st. gave an appreciation of the late Air Bollard. He said: “In the midst of the sorrow which will he universally -hated by the citizens of the Dominion a: the untimely decease of the lion A r - Bollard, I would like to express my keen sense of the great loss which the Government and the country have .sustained in the death of my late colleague. It is only a few clays ago that Air Bollard was amongst us attending to his Alinisterial work and Parliamentary duties, and. to all appearances, in the enjoyment of his usual good health and his demise will come As a shock t > his many friends throughout the country. Air Bollard and I entered Parliament together nearly sixteen years ago, and I can say that no member of the House was held in greater esteem, by reason of his honest and sterling qualities than was the late member for Raglan. His service to his party in Parliament, first as junior an afterwards as senior Whip was

characterised by tact and ability and earned for him the respect and admiration of his fellow members of Parliament. .Air Afa.ssey’s selection of the late Air Bollard for promotion to Alinistori.il rank received general approval. Me held the portfolio of Internal Affairs since 1922 and discharged ihe important -duties of his position with conspicuous devotion and zeal. His outstanding qualities were absolute dependability, honesty, and loyalty. He

gave ungrudgingly of Ills best in the service of his country, and he has died in harness. White to the core, “Dick” Pollard, as lie was affectionately known had no enemies. In Ills death the Dominion lias lost a,n upright and honourable citizen, and our lieart-felt symnnthy goes out to the bereaved widow and family in their sorrow. JUDGE’S RETIRING AGE. AUCKLAND, Aug. 25. Mr Justice Stringer will on November 4th. next, roach the age of 72. fixed for the retirement of Supreme Court judges. Tn view of pressure of work, it is possible that he may he asked to continue his duties for a t i in e. THEFT OF 11RANDY. INVERCARGILL, Aug. 25. John Francis Magniel, and William Alexander Phillips were louvieted of theft of a case of brandy at Bluff. and were sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. HOSPITAL HuAIID’S PROTEST. TV ELLINGTON. Aug. 25. At to-day's meeting of the Hospital Board. some of the rents charged to the people who were being assisted by the Social Welfare Committee, wore rei'i rred to as a scandal. It was generally considered that the Committee was being exploited by ihe landlords. The amount paid in relief during July was about £IOO above anything paid in relief in the hospital's history. It was noted that a large number of those in receipt of relict were ablebodied single men ; some of them mere lads. DROWXKJ) IN A RATH. AUCKLAND. Aug. 25. Mrs Eleanor Amelia Wells, aged 50, was found drowned in a hath of water at her home at 22 Carlton Gore Road, about. 1 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs Wells, who was subject to heart failure. was left alone in the house at about S o'clock, and when her daughter wont back for lunch, she found her mother lying dead in the hath, which .■■!n> had apparently hern preparing for use. Airs Wells was a widow. CROQUET. PALMERSTON X.. Aug. 20. \l the meeting of I.lie Alanawalu Croquet \s-ociatiou ihe Chairman liiont ioned the possibility of an English croquet team visiting New Zealand during i lie coming season. The tourist mixed learn of eight- has arranged io leave lie- Australia in January and have agreed to extend their tour to ihe Dominion The North Island test will lie played ai the North Island tournament at Wanganui. A lest versus New Zealand at the Dominion tourney at Palmerston North and a third test versos both Islands at C'hristehurch,